NB: for the sake of consistency, all occurrences of î were replaced
by â, according to current spelling.
1879 SG Arad [as gymnastics club]
1902 FK Timișoara [oldest football club of Romania]
1904 SC Olimpia București [founded as ASC Olympia București; oldest club of București;
disbanded 1915, refounded 1921 as Olimpia, dissolved 1946]
1906 Româno-Americana FC București [disbanded 1916]
1906 AS Progresul 1906 Ciakova [founded as (FK?) Tschakova; newly founded 1920]
1907 CFR FC Cluj [founded as Kolozsvári Vasutas SC]
1909 Clubul Atletic Colentina București
United Athletic Club Ploiești [disbanded 1913]
Astra Arad [founded as AMEFA Arad]
1910 Chinezul Timișoara [founded as Temesvári Kinizsi Sport Egyesület; merged in Aug 1936
with ILSA Timișoara and after WW II with CAM Timișoara]
FC Oradea [founded as Crișul Oradea]
1911 CAM Timișoara [founded as Reuniunea de Gimnastică a Muncitorilor din Timișoara;
merged 1936 with CA Timiișoara to CAMT; merged after WW II
with Chinezul Timișoara and was 1946 again called CAM; disbanded 1949]
Prahova CSU Ploiești [founded as FC United Ploiești]
CA Oradea [disbanded]
Vagonul Arad [founded as AMTE Arad]
1912 Bukarester IHC FC [founded as Bukarester FC, disbanded 1916]
Crișana Oradea [disbanded 1940]
1913 Cercul Atletic București
Uniunea Sportiva București
Colțea FC București [founded as CS Colțea București]
CS Dunarea București
Gloria FC Arad
1914 Unirea Tricolor FC București [founded as Teiul București, merged 1926 with Unirea Obor București to Unirea
Tricolor București]
Excelsior Craiova [merged 1915 with Oltenia to Excelsior-Oltenia Craiova]
Oltenia Craiova [merged 1915 with Excelsior to Excelsior-Oltenia Craiova]
CS Brasovia Brașov
1915 Uzine Communale București [founded as Venus Athletic SC București, disbanded 1949]
FC Victoria București
Gloria București
România București
FC Generala Craiova
FC Tinerimea Craiova
FC Rapid Craiova
FC Adler Craiova
1916 FC Sportul Studențesc București [founded as SC Universitar București]
Tennis Club București
1919 May 25 Maccabi București [disbanded May 14, 1948]
Speciala București
Educația Fizică București
Excelsior București
FC Olimpia București
CS Jiul Petroșani
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca [founded as Universitatea Cluj]
Victoria Cluj-Napoca [founded as CS Victoria Cluj, disbanded 1947]
FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
CFR Timișoara
1920 FC Farul Constanța [founded as SPM Constanța]
Vulturii Textila Lugoj [founded as Vulturii Lugoj]
CS Minerul Lupeni
FC Șoimii IPA Sibiu [founded as FC Șoimii Sibiu]
1921 CS Politehnica Timișoara
CS Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii
Corvinul FC Hunedoara
CFR Mureșul Târgu Mureș [disbanded]
CFR Arad
1922 CS Gloria Bistrița [founded as Ceramica Bistrița]
CS Flacăra Moreni [founded as IMSER Moreni]
CS Arieșul Turda
Vagonul Ploiești [founded as Tricolor CS Ploiești]
1923 Jun 25 FC Rapid București [founded as Casa Feroviarul Rapid București]
Prima Banat Timișoara [founded as CS Banatul Timișoara; disbanded around 1950]
1924 FC Apullum Unirea Alba Iulia [founded as Unirea Mihai-Viteazu Alba Iulia]
FC Petrolul Ploiești [founded as FC Juventus București]
CSM Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea [founded as Vâlceana Râmnicu Vâlcea]
Olimpia FC Satu Mare
1926 CSM Reșița [founded as SS UDR Reșița by merger of SS Reșița and Uzeniior Reșița]
1927 FC Baia Mare [founded as Tricolor Baia Mare]
1928 CF Brăila [founded as Dacia Unirea IG Brăila]
FC Ripensia Timișoara [disbanded 1948]
CFR Turnu Severin
1930 AS Avântul Reghin [founded as Foresta Reghin]
1932 Gloria CFR Galați [merger of FC Șoimii-Gloria and CFR Galați]
RGM Chinezul Timișoara [merger of CS Chinezul and RGM Timișoara, 1933 separated in former clubs]
1933 CFR Timișoara
1934 Aurul Brad [founded as CS Mica Brad]
1935 Metalul București [founded as Malaxa București]
1936 CAM Timișoara [merger of RGMT and CAT 1910 Timișoara, disbanded 1949]
1937 SC Astra Ploiești
FC Brașov [founded as Uzinele Astra Brașov]
Carmen București [disbanded 1947]
1939 FC Craiova [merger of CS Craiovan Craiova and Rovine Craiova, disbanded 1949]
1944 May 10 AS FC Progresul Bucuresti [founded as Société Lafayette București, later FC Național București]
1945 Apr 18 FC Municipal UTA Arad [founded as ITA Arad]
FC Politehnica Iași
Ferar Cluj-Napoca [founded as Ferar KSME Cluj]
Gaz Metan Mediaș [founded as Karres Mediaș]
1946 ASA Câmpulung Moldovenesc [founded as CS Casa Armata Câmpulung Moldovenesc]
CS Faur București [disbanded 2005]
1947 Jun 7 Steaua FC București [founded as ASA București]
1948 May 14 FC Dinamo București [merger of Unirea-Tricolor and CS Ciocanul București]
FC Universitatea Craiova [founded as CSU Craiova]
1949 FC Caracal Craiova [founded as FC Electroputere Craiova]
Dinamo Obor București [disbanded 1963]
1950 FCM Bacău [founded as Dinamo Bacău]
Dinamo Brașov
CSU Galați [founded as Dinamo Galați, merged 1982 with FCM to FCM Dunărea CSU Galați ]
FCM Târgoviște [founded as Metalul Târgoviște]
1953 FC Argeș Pitești [founded as Dinamo Pitești]
Rocar București [founded as Autobuzul București]
1954 FC Foresta Fălticeni
1954 Progresul CSCS București [founded as Vointa București; disbanded 1969]
1957 Dinamo Cluj-Napoca [founded as Dinamo Cluj]
1958 FC Oradea [founded as CS Crișul Oradea]
1960 SC Uzinele Mecanice Timișoara [founded as Vulturii UMT]
1962 ASA Electromureș Târgu Mureș [founded as ASA Târgu Mureș]
Viitorul București [disbanded 1963]
1963 AS Rocar București [disbanded 2009]
1964 FC Oțelul Galați
1970 FCM Galați [founded as FC Galați, merged 1982 with CSU to FCM Dunărea CSU Galați]
FC Onesti [founded as Constructorul Onesti]
1971 Gloria Buzău FC [merger of Metalul Buzău and Șoimii Buzău]
AS Victoria București [disbanded 1989]
1972 FC Cetatea Suceava [founded as CSM Suceava]
1973 CS Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu [founded as Cimentul Târgu Jiu]
FC Olt Scornicești [founded as Viitorul Scornicești]
1982 FCM Dunărea CSU Galați [merger of FCM Galați and CSU Galați]
1986 FC Inter Sibiu
2000 Rocar Fulgerul Bragadiru [merger of Rocar București and Fulgerul Bragadiru; 2001 separated in former clubs]
2002 FC Vaslui
2009 FC Viitorul Constanța
Common abbreviations:
ASA = Asociația Sportivă Armata
CFR = Căile Ferata Române (= Romanian Railways)
CS = Clubul Sportiv
CSM = Clubul Sportiv Muncitoresc
FC = Fotbal Club
FCM = Fotbal Club Muncitoresc
Sources: [iff], [Grü 95], http://www.weltfussballarchiv.de
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Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 22 Mar 2023
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